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jamesbil

Hi all,
I currently use wordpress for my website along with woocommerce.
My hosting provider recently advised upgrading to wordpress hosting package.
All he could tell me really is the availability of Litespeed Caching for WordPress hosting plans.
is it worth paying extra for? I read somewhere about doing it with plugins?
Any advice welcome
Thanks
James

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Discod

jamesbil wrote: »

Hi again,
I'm trying to find someone to do a bit of work on my site for the LEO voucher grant.
Any recommendations? I need to get 3 quotes.

what work you need? when? what kind of site is?

jamesbil

daymobrew wrote: »

You should list the work involved to see if it fits with their availability and abilities.

Thanks
A bit hard to list it actually as a pro will probably see things that need to be done that I dont see.

Mainly tweaks to make everything consistent, seo work, email and newsletter templates and some back end refinement.

It's not a full redesign.

daymobrew

jamesbil wrote: »

Hi again,
I'm trying to find someone to do a bit of work on my site for the LEO voucher grant.
Any recommendations? I need to get 3 quotes.

You should list the work involved to see if it fits with their availability and abilities.

jamesbil

Hi again,
I'm trying to find someone to do a bit of work on my site for the LEO voucher grant.
Any recommendations? I need to get 3 quotes.

M.T.D

A general server is set up for many uses probably using apache.
If a server is just set up for one particular type of website e.g. WordPress then much of the caching, compressing content etc. is handled by the server with litespeed or nginx.
This means less for you to worry about on the site, but stricter rules to follow some plugins won't be allowed, less load on the server so sites can display quicker. Server operator can monitor what is happening on the server more effectively and hopefully apply corrections before anybody's site speed is affected.

I run sites on several server set ups, and if the site is optimised, although there would still be gains on a litespeed server, they would be marginal for many sites.

If you have optimised your own site content, run a caching plugin, lazy load etc. and monitor your site's performance and you are happy with the speed of your site then do not change.

Discod

jamesbil wrote: »

Said better speed and security. Noticeably faster loading wp admin. Not many visitors really. average 80 daily, max 300

80 daily it's nothing

jamesbil

Discod wrote: »

30 for domain, it's not com, net etc I guess
My mistake. not 30.

Why they advise to change it, can't figure out, how many vistors you have monthly?

Said better speed and security. Noticeably faster loading wp admin. Not many visitors really. average 80 daily, max 300

Discod

jamesbil wrote: »

€80 per year for the hosting, plus €2 per month for back up, plus€10 per year for ssl plus €30 per year for domain name

30 for domain, it's not com, net etc I guess

Why they advise to change it, can't figure out, how many vistors you have monthly?

jamesbil

€80 per year for the hosting, plus €2 per month for back up, plus€10 per year for ssl plus €30 per year for domain name

Discod

So what's the price for 1 month you pay now?

daymobrew

I think you need to get someone to help you. For someone really familiar with WordPress (e.g. comfortable with database editing) it's should be a quick job.

jamesbil

Can't work it out.
I've changed the image completely. Cleared cache, but when I view the console It shows the old image and the http warning.
If I close the console screen it shows the new image..

jamesbil

Hi again,
I'm still having ssl issues with an image not loading over https.
It's the logo button top left oh my header.
I've tried deleting it, re inserting it, re naming it but nothing seems to change. It always goes back to the http one.
Any ideas?

daymobrew

Graham wrote: »

The only plugin I use that might be considered security is WPS Hide Login.

I have this and I create two .htaccess files:
/wp-content/.htaccess and /wp-includes/.htaccess with the same in each:

# Prevent execution of PHP files.
<Files *.php>
deny from all
</Files>

Graham

The only plugin I use that might be considered security is WPS Hide Login.

jamesbil

In Cloudflare the Browser Cache TTL is set to 1 year. Is this ok?

Also what security plugin do you recommend? (if any)

Graham

I'd switch it off in W3, no point having them fighting.

jamesbil

It does have an auto minify setting. I have it switched on but will it clash with the minify in w3 total cache?

Graham

Cloudflare is a bit unique as a CDN. Most CDNs would just server the static elements (images, javascript files, css). Cloudflare sits in front of your entire website as a sort of middleman and everything (including html) is served by cloudflare.

I haven't looked at cloudflare in a while, it's worth checking to see if it does the combine/minify for you.

jamesbil

Graham wrote: »

Depending on your CDN provider, you might be able to get your CDN to serve static items cookie free (ignore cookies).

Depending on your local caching plugin, you might be able to set automatically combine/minify JS / CSS which would reduce your number of http requests.

I use WP Rocket for local cache which does combine/minify well but it is a paid plugin.

Thanks Graham. I am using w3 total cache free. I can select combine OR minify.
CDN I'm using is Cloudflare.

Graham

Depending on your CDN provider, you might be able to get your CDN to serve static items cookie free (ignore cookies).

Depending on your local caching plugin, you might be able to set automatically combine/minify JS / CSS which would reduce your number of http requests.

I use WP Rocket for local cache which does combine/minify well but it is a paid plugin.

jamesbil

Thanks so much for all your help everyone.
I realise it's probably frustrating talking to an amateur when you could do the same job in a fraction of the time. I really appreciate it.
Getting this done is a small benefit of lockdown. No work so I have the time to do it.

I think I'm there with the ssl.
I have my wordpress admin open in chrome to make any changes.
I have my website open in Edge to see the changes, every time I do something I empty cache and data in Edge so I'm looking at a fresh view every time.

My next task is to work out how to make fewer http requests and use cookie free domains.

jamesbil

M.T.D wrote: »

Have you checked in customiser and in the header section of your page builder

Just been through it all and still can't find them

That ssl check site is finding 508 errors loop detected on the pages too

M.T.D

Have you checked in customiser and in the header section of your page builder

jamesbil

Thanks,
I'm having trouble finding that. In media all my logos url start with https

M.T.D

This image is being served as http
http://jamesbillingsfurniture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-untitled-7-1.png
other versions of your logo that do not seem appear on the page are
https://i0.wp.com/jamesbillingsfurniture.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/cropped-untitled-11-2.png?fit=512%2C512&ssl=1

jamesbil

Ok, something strange going on.

Cleared my browser cache. My website now says not secure. If I add the code to the .htaccess file it still says not secure and my logo disappears as do all product images in /store.
Checked it in chrome and ms edge

Graham

I would at this point, you can still refine again later if you need to.

jamesbil

Graham wrote: »

Rodolfo Melogli has a good overview of get_refreshed_fragments here:

https://businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-why-how-to-disable-ajax-cart-fragments/

That explains it well thanks. Ill leave it enabled for now.

Do you think I should use a cdn now?

Graham

Rodolfo Melogli has a good overview of get_refreshed_fragments here:

https://businessbloomer.com/woocommerce-why-how-to-disable-ajax-cart-fragments/